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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

WHILE Hamlin Miller was attempting to
drive across the Anglize river in Allen
County, o., the other night, the horses be-
came unmanageable and Miller and his
wife and child were thrown into the water
Mrs. Miller and the child were drowned, as
were also the horses, and Miller came near
losing his life.
| The New York City treasury was en-
riched on the 18th to the extent of 8, 500, 600
by the payment of personal taxes to that
amount by shareholders of the various
banks IN compliance with a recent decision
of the United States Supreme Court
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MAYNARD has in
formed customs officers that imported or
reimported liquors withdrawn for consump-
ton after having been warehoused are
| subject to duty on the quantity offered for
warehouse and not on that ascertained on
withdrawal for consumption.
ADvIcEs from the Stanley expedition for
the relief of Emin Bey have been received
from Matilda, on the Congo river, dated
March p. All well.
FIRE involving a loss of over $50, coo
started recently from some unknown cause
IN the upper part of Dearborn street, Chi
cago, occupied by Shniedwend & Lee Co.,
stereotypers and wholesale dealers in
printers materials.
THE Winnebago and Crow creek settlers
resolved to go quietly as soon as the soldiers
came, but TO return as soon as the soldiers
left.
THE silversmiths employed by the Cor
ham Manufacturing Company of Provi-
dence, r. l., have voted to disband their as
sembly.
The Alabama and Mississippi lumber
dealers hnv l-oA h Int %ora
merce Commission to suspend the fourth
section of the Commerce law.
VERY good limitations of the elevated
roads and Brooklyn bridge tickets were is
sued in New York the other day as adver-
tisements and many of them were put into
the ticket boxes and served as genuine.
When the police went to look for the adver-
tiser they could not find him.
CHOLERA, it is reported, has been de-
clared epidemic in Guayrnas and Mazatlan,
Mexico. Many refugees from those places
have arrived at Nogales, Arizona A dis
patch from San Francisco denies the re-
port
MULDRow, Acting Secretary of the Inter
Tor, has declined the request of Frederick
A Babcock, assignee of the Baton Rouge
& Vicksburg Railroad Company, to sus-
pendthe issuance of patents to the New Or
leans Pacific Railroad Company to lands
known as the Backbone grant'-pending
the termination of a certain suit against
the latter company
1T is reported in Rome that Rev. DR.. Nc
Glynn, of New York, will be suspended
from his pastoral functions
The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce by
vote of IS TO 50 recently adopted resolu-
ton declaring the systems of trade boun-
ties and protection adopted by other coun
tries had soinjured English trade that there
was Justification for asking that Great
Britain revise her fiscal re lations.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
PREACHER SHOT DEAD.
A Colored Baptist Preacher Shot Dead b.
a Jealous Husband.

A Colored Baptist Preacher Shot Dead by
a Jealous Husband.
kINGMAS, Kan, April 25.-Some months
ago there came to this city well-iressed
cofored man about thirty years of age, who
gave the name of 81. A. Smith He held
the Credentials of Baptist minister and
Immediately began to organize church OF
that denomination among the colored peo-
pie of the city. He was q good preacher,
and attended to his ministerial duties with
much zeal and fervor. He soon became
quite popular, and was a welcome visitor in
the families Of most of his congregation.
The house Of David Green, whose tidy
young wife was constant attendant
at divine services. became favorite resort
for the new preacher, and his at
tentlonS to the woman were IN a
short time so marked that her husband
forbade him the premises. Late Saturday
afternoon Green unex pectedly went to his
house, found that his two children had been
sent to store for candy. and, on entering
his room. he alleges that he found Mrs.
Green and the preacher in a compromising
position. He immediately drew his pistol
and fired one shot, the ball striking the
minister just under the left ear, ranging
upwards and killing him almost instantly.
Green then fastened to the Office of a JUS
tice OF the peace and gave himself up. a
crowd soon collected at the neat cottage
where the tragedy occurred. Mrs Green
contradicts her husband on nearly every
material point, claiming the killing was in
spired solely by his insane jealousy. Green
is in ialL
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS

THE Interstate Commissioners, in an
swer to inquiries, recently stated that they
could not take cognizanCe of any matters
until violation of the law occurred, ex-
cepting the long and short haul, the only
question in which they were allowed dis
erection.
BosToN creditors recently closed the
| Newaygo (Mich.) Furniture Company's
works on claims for $4,000, throwing 25O
| men out of employment. The same credit
ors closed the Newaygo Manufacturing
Company few days before. Both compa-
MES were indebted heavily to their en-
ployes.
The coroner's jury at Providence, r. l.,
in the case of Haskins, the maniac who
was murdered in the State Insane Asylum
by fellow inmate, returned a verdict hold
ing the General Assembly morally respon-
slble by reason of its failure to provide ad-
equate room, necessitating the putting of
two inmates in one room for the night
A COLLISION occurred recently on the Air
Line near Huntingburg, Ind, between a
construction and freight train by which
three men were killed and several wounded,
all laborers and train hands.
SIX more men arrested for complicitv in
the plot to assassinate the Car on the 18th
of March. have been sentenced to death.
Other consplrators have been sentenced to
Imprisonment for life.
The general assignment of George Clark.
the millionaire land owner and hop dealer
OF Springfield, n. Y, shows 500 GOO of I'M
satisfactory judgments outstanding. The
liabilities were estimated at 81, 000,OO0
THREE of the largest silver manufacture
ing firms in New York City have notified
their men that all members of labor organi-
cations will be discharged.
CHARLES c. WELLER & SoN, clothiers,
Baltimore, Nd, have failed with 500, 900
liabilities.
BY an explosion on the steamer Delta at
wilmington, n. C., the other day one man
was killed and several injured.
A RECENT special from Marquette.
Mich, says gang of seven men were
blasting at Murphy's camp, seven miles
from Crystal Falls, when terrible dynamite
explosion occurred, fearfully injuring Au-
gust Brash, John Good, William Horn
brook, Joseph Weisman and three others.
FRANK LESTER and his wife, both col
ored, were caught on a trestle by a train
near birmingham, Ala, recently and both
killed.
A SCHEME to entrap German citizens by
getting them to send money to a bogus Ger
man Government lottery has beea I'M
earthed in Chicago.
HERMAN LEVY, known Electrically as
henry Leayitt. the lnformer in the Had
dock murder trial, has begun s, 600 libel
suit against the Chicago Mail for calling
him loafer, thief and confidence man.
The Surveyor General of Dakota has
been notified TO survey several townships
In and on the great bend OF the Missouri,
near Huron, D. T. 1t is understood that
these lands are those from which white
settlers are to be driven by troops. I'm
der the Land in Severalty law Indians
have chosen the lands at these points as
those which they wish allotted to them.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
A QUESTION OF GRIT.
BOyc Gifted Stove Patterns Going in the
Sand-Both Associations Determined.

BOyc Gifted Stove Patterns Going in the
Sand-Both Associations Determined.
TROY, N. V, April 26.-The boycotted
stove patterns from st. Louis arrived in this
city Saturday night, and as a result, the
moIders having decided not to use them,
stove-making here in the Defense AssOcia-
ton foundries is at an end at present. The
foundrieS were closed yesterday, the mold
ers having attended, in body the funeral
of one of their number. The boycotted
patterns will be placed in the sand this
morning by the Fuller & Warren Company,
the Bussey & Mcleod Company, Burdette,
Smith & Co. and the Cooperative stove
works, and there they will lie until set
tlement of the strike at St Louis is effect
ed Both sides here understand the situa-
ton fully and there is the best of feeling
between the manufacturers and the men,
but both are firm in the determination to
stand by their respective associations.
About 800 molders are affected by the shut
down
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
River Boat ExnIosion.

RALEIGH, n. C., April 22.-News reached
here yesterday Of terrible accident on
board the river steamer Delta, which plies
on Black river, near. Wilmington Yester-
day morning early as the steamer was near
Rocky Point. Fender County, her boiler
exploded and dealt destruction from ono
end Of the craft to the other. 30
great was the force of the explosion
that the boiler was actually blown clear
astern- 1t tore the upper works all to
pieces and made an utter wreck OF the
boat. Much freight was broken up or
blown overboard- Fireman Floyd WIS i,i-
stantly killed, being struck by mass of
iron. Prank Andrews and another empIoye
were seriously and probably fatally hurt.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

ONE of the effects of the Interstate
Commerce law is Lake Shore order
recently promulgated ordering con-
ductors not to honor Lake Shore GER
tificates of stock for passage on the
annual election day. From time i'm
memorial Lake Shore stockholders
have enjoyed the special privilege of
travelling free upon that day and from
ine hundred and fifty to two hundred
Of them have usually taken advantage
Of the opportunity. The Interstate
law as interpreted. however, is no re-
spectOr of stockholders, and this year,
Mt least, they must forego their free
transportation.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
TeNas Prohibition Issue.

WACO, Tex, April 25.-The Anti-Prohibition
County Convention met in this city to-day
and a complete organization was effected.
Delegates were chosen to the State Anti
Prohibition Convention, which meets at
Dallas May 4. The attendance was large,
especially from the farming districts. All
the indications now point to a wide breach
in the Democratic party of this State. I'm
der the provisions of plank II of the Gal
weston State Democratic Convention local
option was tolerated, and the efforts Of
prohibitiOnists here have been directed to
ward keeping out the question of partisan
politics. All the speakers. together with
the action of the convention to-day, indi-
cate the purpose of forcing an issue in the
Democratic party.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
Mr.. Blaine Recovered, and in chicago
Vistin. His Sons.

CHICAGO, April 2i-HOn. James G.
Blaine. Mrs. Blaine. Miss Hattie Blaine
and Miss Dodge Gail Hamilton) reached
Chicago early yesterday morning from
st. Louis. and went to the Grand Pacific
Hotel. Mr.. Blaine remained indoors.
nearly all day, receiving visitors. He is
apparently in the best condition physic-
ally, and regards himself as a well man
His ride from Fort Gibson TO this city
he has thoroughly enjoyed. In speaking
of his journey from Fort Gibson to Gibson
station in the Indian Territory he sail;
"We rode in an army ambulancs, drawn
by four mules, and enjoyed the ride very
much. The Indian Territory is a grand
and beautiful country, and it is now seen
at its best, the foliage being out"
Mr. B iaine said he had worked too hard
before leaving home-harder than he had
intended to. My publishers" he said,
''made me promise to compile my
speeches. / consented to do this with
out approaching the work which com
pilation wo1ld involve. 1 could have
written two books, l think, with less ap-
LEGATION than was required to edit and ar
range seriatim my speeches. They were
made, many of them, in lengthy debates,
in which there were frequent interrupt
tons, and to place them in proper shape
for publication was exacting in the ex-
treme"
When asked if he cared to say any
thing on the political situation. Mr. Blaine
smiled and raised his hand deprecatingiy,
remarking: 81 am here to visit my sons"
Mr. Blaine is expected to remain here
several DAYS. He has been invited tn at
tend the regular quarterly banquet OF the
Chicago BInkers5 Association, and it IS
believed he will accept and make speech
the banquet Various other social at
tentions will also be extended 10 him.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
News From StanIeY.

BRUSSELS, April 26.-Advices from the
Stanley expedition for the relief OF Emin
Bey have been received from Matilda, on tie
Congo river, dated March Is. From these
it is learned that the steamer Maruda,
which carried Stanley from Zanzibar, was
unable to ascend the Congo to Matilda The
expedition landed at Banana point, and re-
embarked March IS on the vessels belong
ing to the International Association
which were awaiting the expedition
Next day the expedition anchored at
Bona. the seat of the general adminissra-
ton Of the Congo Free State. Mr.. Stanley
was confident of the success Of his enter
prise. and hoped that by June he would be
able to render assistance to Emin Beu
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

The capability of sea water as a pre-
servative is shown by the fact that
among the articles recovered from YES
sells sunk in the harbor of Vigo. Spain.
in l7O2, there have been recovered
specimens of logwood and mahogany
that, notwithstanding their one hun
dred and eighty-four years SUMNER
sion, are in the most perfect state of
preservation. Dyers who have expert
mented with the logwood state that it
is even better for dying purposes than
the wood now imported. The mahog-
any, too, is very fine and solid, one log
u feet long and 22x92 inches square
being subsequently worked up in the
shape of furniture and walking sticks
as mementoes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

ADvICEs from st. Petersburg say the
Gar has abandoned his projected visit
% the Cossack capital, Novo Tcherkast,
owing to the discomfort and turbulence
prevailing among the Cossacks. Ac-
cOrding to the same advices a deputa-
ton of Cossacks recently visited st.
Petersburg for the purpose of having
an audience with the Gar, but were
compelled to return to their country
without having been received. Secret
agents and public officials among the
Don Cossacks report disaffection wide
spread. They say the country is over
run with revolutionary emissaries,
whose propaganda is welcomed by the
people.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
Lost With All on Board.

OTTAWA. Ont, April pa special from
Victoria, B. c.. gives an account of q terri
bic shipwreck, accompanied by the loss of
thirty-three lives, which took place off the
coast. about thirty miles north OF Cape
Flattery, during the early part of this
month. The information was first brought
in by four Kyugenot Indians, who arrived
at Victoria this morning, and have oc-
cupied ten days in making the overland
Journey from the scene of the wreck. For
some time past considerable anxiety
has been felt regarding the schooner Act
i've, having on board five Swedes and TWEEN
ty-eight Indians, which is long overdue.
TIE Active was engaged in general coast
trade and had valuable cargo.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

WASHINGTON, April 2L-At the after
noon session Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission yesterday, Mr. W. 5. Mellen,.
general manager of the Wisconsin Gen.
trail railroad; J. A. Handley, general man
a.eer of the Minneapolis & Northwest
railroad, and Mr.. Brown, as attorney for
the Chicago, St Paul & Omaha railroad,
presented petitions and made arguments
in support of the same, asking for the sus-
pension OF the ''long and short hsul'' sec
ton of the Interstate Commerce law.
Mr.. Joseph Monk, Of Chicago, in letter
to the commission, asks that the law, so
far as it applies to him, be suspended so
that he may in the future, IS he has in the
past, enjoy free railroad passes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

NEW YORK, April 2o.-Tiffany e Co, the
jewellers, have notified the wnrkmen IN
their PRICE street silver masutactory
that after last night all members OF LABOR
organizations will be discharged Prooa-
bly, ono hundred and twenty OF the one
hundred and fifty workmen viii go oas
uuder this notice. A similar notice has
been given by Dominick & Hatf, silver
smiths. to their men, and by Gorham &
Co. silverware manufacturers, to the en-
Moves in their factory at Providence, K
I The action taken is intended to support
the whiting Manufacturing Company,
whose zen have struck because thirteen
roa-union men were employed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

FROM private letters from Havana il
is learned that party of outlaws I'M
der the bandit Matagas arranged to
capture Senator John Sherman on his
recent visit to Cuba The plot was
well arranged, and the banditti were
in sufficient force to capture Sherman's
party. While in Havana Mr.. Sherman
took occasion to congratulate the Cap
tain General on the peace prevailing
fhroughout the island. When the Sem
ator, however, expressed desire to
visit the sugar plantations in the inte-
rior a military guard was sent as escort,
and the entire party barely escaped an
unpleasant surprise. having left a plan
tation just five minutes before the out
laws appeared.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
Novelty in school Discipline.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April 25.-Miss
Nutter, a teacher in the Maxfield street
primary school, has incurred the wrath Of
many parents and set the city to talking
about her, by novel form of punishment
which she inflicts on her pupils. When one
of her scholars becomes unruly, instead Of
standing the little fellow on the floor or fer
ruling him, she takes him to the sink and
washes his face. Though this practice is
sanctioned by the principal, the fond par
ents are very angry and say they can wash
their own families, without any OUTSIDE
help Some of the little ones have said that
their faces have been held under a faucet,
or that the teacher has held her thumb on
a faucet and sGuirted water in their faces.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

ga SUFFERER" from Mankato.
Mimi, writes to the Interstate Com
mission that for the last five years
people of that vicinity have been pay
ing their fares to the conductor, there
by making a goodly saving. Suddenly
the conductors have experienced a
change of heart and are charging
schedule rates, evidently fearing the
effects of the new law. He asks the
aid of the Commission for return to
the old system.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

Mr. BURGESS, owner of the yacht
Mayfower, has received a telegram
from Tankerville Chamberlain, owner
of the English yacht Arrow, declining
70 allow the Mayfower a free center
board in the proposed international
race in English waters. The race is
therefore of, as Mr., Burgess declines
TO both cross the Atlantic and handi-
cap his YACHT.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

GOVERNOR CURTIN, of Pennsylvania,
viii econ have his memoirs ready for
print. Colonel frank Burr is 10 edit
them. 1t is expected that the book
will throw light on much obscure polit-
ical history of the war period.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

New YORK papers recently printed a
Vienna dispatch alleging that the Queen
of Servia had separated from her hus-
band, King Milan, and returned to her
family in Russia. Political and domes-
tic differences were the grounds given
for the separation.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

RICHARD SMITH, editor of the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette. denies hav-
ing received letter from Whitelaw
Reid offering to support Sherman as
before Blaine. He declares, however.
that Reid will support the Republican
nominee.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

BISHOP WILLIAM TAYLOR, whose self
supporting missions on the Congo at
tract great attention, is a splendid
looking man, with piercing eyes and
very bright countenance. His beard
is of silky texture. and is long and
spreading and of pure white,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

SIR WILLIAM ARMSTRONG; new gun
TO resist torpedo attacks is thirty
FOUNDER, and develops a muzzle EelOc-
ity of nineteen hundred feet per second.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

The Railroad Commissioner of Ohio
has ordered the railroads of the State
TO telegraph to him the correct names
and addresses of all persons killed by a
Train. as well as all particulars.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

CONSIDERABLE benefit, if not cure,
continues to be reported by the use of
sulphuric acid gas as an injection in
cases of consumption The remedy is
q French invention
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

MALvIRI BEY, the new Turkish Min
lister to this country, is said to be the
master of six modern European Ian
guages. He prefers English to all the
-.-aSf
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

MISS ALICE JORDAN, who took the
degree of bachelor of laws at the Yale
law school last June, has just been adj
mitted to practice in the Superior Court
of Michigan.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Labor Half Holiday bill passed
by the New York Legislature makes
every Saturday in the year from noon
TO midnight a holiday.